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2 years agoPhishing attempt ?
Is an email notification of a 1P Safari extension sign in legitimate? Or a phishing attempt? It said we signed in from a different location from where we live and at a time we were not on our device...
1P_Dave
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2 years agoHello @jcminnesota! 👋
1Password will notify you when you sign into a new browser, so receiving an email notification is normal if you've added your 1Password account to a new browser or cleared your cookies/history in an existing browser recently.
It said we signed in from a different location from where we live and at a time we were not on our devices. I checked the list and found 2 other odd logins from different locations than where we live....or were in the last month.
Geolocation as provided in 1Password is a "best-effort" service. There are a number of factors that can affect the accuracy of geolocation of IP addresses, including but definitely not limited to: your use of a VPN, whether you're on a Wi-Fi network that's correctly identified as emanating from the physical location of the router (instead of the ISP's home that owns the IP address), and whether you're on a local network or a carrier's (mobile) network. In addition, IP location lookup services are notoriously inaccurate, sometimes showing entirely different countries, if not just different parts of a country one is actually in.
Are you using a VPN or Apple's Private Relay? That could affect the location being shown.
-Dave